Canada's Walsh, Michaud sit 2nd in pairs at Four Continents figure skating championships

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jan 20, 2022 4:17 PM EST | Last Updated: January 20, 2022

The United States took the pb successful the pairs and crystal creation connected the archetypal time of the Four Continents fig skating championships connected Thursday, and Japan's Mai Mihara led the women's event.

U.S. skaters Audrey Lu and Misha Mitrofanov placed archetypal successful the pairs abbreviated programme with 68.35 points, 3 points up of Canada's Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud. Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe are 3rd for the U.S., a constituent further back.

The 35-year-old erstwhile satellite champion singles skater Daisuke Takahashi is connected way to triumph a medal for Japan successful crystal creation with his spouse Kana Muramato.

Mihara is chasing her 2nd vocation Four Continents rubric aft landing a triple lutz-triple toeloop operation connected her mode to scoring 72.62 successful the women's abbreviated programme up of a trio of South Korean skaters. Lee Hae-in is 2nd connected 69.97, up of Kim Ye-lim connected 68.93 and You Young connected 67.86.

Mihara was the 2017 Four Continents rubric and missed retired connected a spot connected Japan's squad for the Beijing Olympics adjacent period aft placing 4th astatine nationals.

WATCH | Women's abbreviated programme astatine Four Continents fig skating championships:

Many of the starring skaters from North America and Asia person opted to enactment distant due to the fact that of the upcoming Olympics and the coronavirus pandemic. China has not sent a squad to the championships and the U.S. and Canada person sent skaters who are not heading to the Olympics.

Top Canadians

Canada besides had aggregate teams decorativeness conscionable extracurricular of the apical 3 successful abbreviated dance, with Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus in 4th with a people of 69.15, and Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac just down with a people of 68.66.

The apical Canadian successful singles was Gabrielle Daleman in ninth with a people of 59.01.

Live sum of the Four Continents continues Friday astatine 5:13 a.m. ET with the men's abbreviated programme connected CBCSports.ca, the escaped CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.